Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

I have now been married for over two weeks now - almost reaching veteran status, right? We are settling into the new digs and I finally got Internet up an running (apparently things like heating and light are more important, but I would call that a matter of perspective) and am finally getting life back to normal.

The Seattle Post Intelligencer reports that George W. Bush is leaving office with an approval rating of 34 percent, the lowest of any U.S. president since Nixon. I find it very hard to believe of the 61% who don't approve, and the 5% who were distracted by a bumblebee or something during the survey really have any idea of what the president does everyday; so how can you approve or disapprove.

Here's my beef: If someone asks me if I approve or President Bush's job in office I will say, "He did some good things and he did some stupid things." But how can you rate someones job when you can't possibly comprehend what the job entails. I concede that the man is no Washington-or whomever you hold on your political pedestal, but he can't possibly be as bad as this 34% survey says. What about these guys:

The Stupid

Thomas Jefferson chose Aaron Burr as his VP, whom then attempted to steal the Presidency and was later tried for treason.

William Harrison lasted a month in the Oval after catching pneumonia shortly after his inauguration.

William "slipping zipper" Clinton and his 'non-sexual' relations with Monica Lewinsky

Political Blunders

James Buchanan did nothing to avert Civil War when signs of contempt began creeping into the country.

Woodrow Wilson refused to compromise on the Treaty of Versailles after World War I.

Richard Nixon's involvement in the Watergate cover-up.

John F. Kennedy allowed the Bay of Pigs Invasion that led to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

GW is not the only one available for sound bytes

"I am convinced that UFOs exist, because I have seen one." -Jimmy Carter (1976)

"Half the time, when I see the evening news, I wouldn't be for me either." -Bill Clinton (1995)

"I just won't get into a pissing contest with that skunk." -Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953 - referring to Sen. Joseph McCarthy)

"So dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time."-Lyndon Johnson (regarding Gerald Ford)

"When the president does it, that means it is not illegal. But I brought myself down. I gave them a sword and they stuck it in and twisted it with relish. And I guess that if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing." -Richard Nixon (1977)

"James Bond is a man of honor, a symbol of real value to the free world." -Ronald Reagan

"I don't much care for your law, but, by golly, this bourbon is good." -Harry Truman (to Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas)

34 percent? Come on, give the guy a break.